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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

SHOCKING: World close to irreversible climate breakdown warn major studies | Mind Blowing Facts

Carbon emissions rise in the sky
The UN environment agency’s report found there was ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’ amid ‘woefully inadequate’ progress on cutting carbon emissions. Photograph: Lukas Schulze/Getty Images

The climate crisis has reached a “really bleak moment”, one of the world’s leading climate scientists has said, after a slew of major reports laid bare how close the planet is to catastrophe.

Collective action is needed by the world’s nations more now than at any point since the second world war to avoid climate tipping points, Prof Johan Rockström said, but geopolitical tensions are at a high.

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